about lydia.
I'm a graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and Newcastle College. I am co-founder of theatre company, Fearless Players.
I'm a freelance Theatre-Maker and lecturer based in Glasgow. I am a lecturer at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. I am neurodivergent and proud of it! I enjoy making new work and empowering others to explore their creativity, I do this through my teaching and co-creation work. There is no better feeling than guiding a group through the creative process and seeing them develop their voices and find new passions.
I am currently working on Cracked with Filip Holacky which we recently shared at Capital Theatres, Open Floor Musical Scratch Night. I recently co-created The Monday Men with Shonagh Murray, a new play based on a group of men living with dementia in Kilmarnock. I set up new theatre company Happy Shock with The Gaiety and Enable, a theatre company for adults with additional learning needs. I co-created and directed,15 Buccleugh Place with Filip Holacky and the Level Four Musical Theatre students at RCS Juniors (a project I am endlessly proud of!) I directed Filip Holacky's new musical 'Lost in Time'.
With Fearless Players I wrote one woman show, Confessions of a Child Star which has played in venues across Glasgow as well as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2018. I also produced sell-out, 5 star show Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard (Edfringe 2018 and 2019) and 5 star show Burns: A Lost Legacy (Edfringe 2019). I co-wrote and directed Saturdays Doon the J.M. a Musical film created for Dundee Rep starring Annie Ross and Barrie Hunter. I co-wrote and directed The Great elf Escape Live for The Gaiety, which was an online, interactive musical - no small feet!
I worked in South Korea with English Musicals Korea where I wrote Treasure Island and Fun Fest. This was a dream job where I was able to create new musicals from scratch everyday and be involved with every part from initial concept to marketing materials, writing, directing, creating set and costumes, we worked as a team to create fully realised shows that were scene by huge audiences. And living around the corner from Seoul wasn't bad either!
Theatre credits include: Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard (Fearless Players); Burns: A Lost Legacy (Fearless Players); Confessions of a Child Star (Fearless Players); Atlantic: A Scottish Story (Noisemaker Productions); Into The Woods (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland); Robin Hood (English Musicals Korea); Anastasia (English Musicals Korea); Musical of the Year (Elokay Productions); Jack and the Beanstalk (Hurricane Productions); Rent (JamesArts Productions); The Tailor Made Man Musical Workshop (The Arts Theatre);
Other credits include: Josie’s Dragonfly Variety Show (Newcastle Theatre Royal); Silence, Music Video Trilogy (The New Victorians); Armour: A Herstory of the Scottish Bard, Original Soundtrack (Fearless Players); Robin Hood Original Soundtrack (EMK).
I am most proud of my role as John Lennon's Left Eyebrow in the Olympic Games 2012 Closing Ceremony!
